David E. Brook

David Brook is a founding Principal of the firm. He has represented university and corporate clients for over forty years in intellectual property matters in many fields, including chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, biotechnology and medical devices. Previously, he served on the corporate patent staffs of Itek Corporation, the Atlantic Research Corporation and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.

Dave has been a member of the Board of Directors of several high technology corporations and serves on the Board of Associates of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and as a Corporator of Boston Biomedical Research Institute. He is also a former Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University Law School and at the Franklin Pierce Law Center, where he also served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Intellectual Property. Dave has presented many invited lectures, including lectures at the M.I.T. Innovation Center and for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, and has appeared as an expert witness in litigation. Currently, he is on the Board of Advisors to the Northeastern University School of Technological Entrepreneurship.

Dave has been rated for over 30 years by Martindale-Hubbell “AV,” the highest possible rating for legal competence and ethics. Additionally, he has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also has been voted one of the top 100 lawyers in New England by New England Super Lawyers.

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Boston Patent Law Association, Past-Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee
• Massachusetts Bar Association, Past-Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee
• Merrimack Valley Venture Forum
• MIT Enterprise Forum
• Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Massachusetts
• Virginia
• District of Columbia
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office